colesulen.
/ˈkɒlɪsjuːl/ Botany.
The name given by Necker to the small membranous sheath enclosing the spore-sac of liverworts; the perianthium.
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1882 B. Carrington in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 718 On section of the colesule a number of minute..bodies are found.
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- to wear the blanket
- to wear the breeches
- to wear the bull's feather
- to wear the goat'goat horns
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- to wear the green willow
- to wear the horn
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